SZ university to engage in building space hospital

The Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology and the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly establish a future space hospital.

Fan Jianping (R), president of the Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology, and Chang Liang, director of the Micro and Nano Satellite Institute at the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites, unveil the R&D and testing center for the future space hospital. Courtesy of Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology

This project aims to enhance astronauts' health and expand in-orbit medical monitoring and life support capabilities.

The space hospital is expected to make breakthroughs in fields such as aerospace, medicine, and biology and conduct cutting-edge research in space-based life and health support. It will also conduct research on civilian space travel, interstellar exploration, and other space-related health support needs, China Science Daily reported Wednesday.

According to the agreement, both sides will work together and leverage their unique strengths in medical devices, bio-pharmaceuticals, innovative medical technologies, and aerospace science to establish the hospital.

They will cooperate on validating advanced medical equipment for space use, developing innovative medical technologies and drugs, and researching life support systems. The partnership will also focus on the development of key technologies, experiments, and tests for deep-space hospitals and interstellar migration.

The Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology was established by the Shenzhen Municipal Government and is supported by the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

The Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites was jointly established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Shanghai Municipal Government.